Current Service Department Projects

St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Quincy was home to a 1912 tubular-pneumatic action Wicks organ, which served the church faithfully until 2016.  An initial attempt to rebuild the organ was unsuccessful.  Buzard Pipe Organ Builders is completely rebuilding the instrument with all-new mechanical systems, including electric pull-down slider windchests for the straight manual […] Read More

The 1872 Wm. A. Johnson organ,  Opus 386 (which received an OHS Historic Organ Citation in 2012) at St. Josaphat Catholic Church in Chicago is undergoing cleaning and restorative pipework repairs in the Buzard factory.  This is the oldest organ built for Chicago in metropolitan Chicago […] Read More

The Wicks pipe organ of Peace Lutheran church in Thomasboro, Illinois has served the congregation faithfully for many years.  It has become evident that it was time to provide the instrument with a new multiplex system.  This system controls the instrument and is the interface between the organist and the organ pipes.  The Buzard team […] Read More

The people of Messiah Lutheran Church in Marquette, Michigan have chosen the Buzard company to carry out tonal improvements, as well as upgrades to the console, of their 1977 Casavant pipe organ (opus 3356).  Work includes console rebuilding; cleaning, repairs, and re-regulation of all pipework; and restoration of wind system components, with completion in the […] Read More